Virgin Mobile's latest phone, the HTC Desire 4G LTE, is now available on the Virgin Mobile site for $279.99. Appearance wise the Desire looks very much like a smaller version of HTC's current flagship, the HTC One.

While not in the same class as the One, the Desire is a solid mid-range LTE Android phone with a dual-core 1.4 Mhz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 4.5 inch 540 x 960px display, auto-focus 5MP camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. The battery is removable and there's 8GB of internal memory, 1GB RAM and a microSD slot that supports up to 32 GB memory cards. The Desire runs a custom version of Android 4.2 with HTC's popular Sense overlay.

The HTC Desire can be used with any of Virgin's Beyond Talk plans, which start at $35/month for unlimited LTE or 3G data (throttled to "3G speeds" after 2.5 GB), unlimited text and picture messaging and 300 voice minutes.